Shoe.



L. DOMEYER,

SHOE.

APPIICATION FILED JAN-27. 19x5.

Patented July 3, 1917-.

INVENTOR. v LUZ/L5 Domeyer ATTORNEYS.

1o metal sole differing from the present metal LOUIS DOMEYER, OF JOLON, QALIFORNIA.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, that.

Application filed January 27, 1915. Serial No. 1-,986.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS DOMEYER, a

" citizen of the United States, residing at Jolon, in the county of Monterey and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoes and has for its principal object the. construction of a shoe having a flexible shoes wherein the sole is more or less rigid due to the upstanding flange around the circumference thereof.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide an improved form of screw both for fastening a rubber heel thereto and to provide projections on thesole thereof.

( With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described in the following specification and more particularly pointed out in the; appended claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specificatio'n,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective partly broken away showinga shoe constructed in accordance with my invention.

' 4 Fig. 2 is a vievw in perspective of the metal 'sole, heel, and counter ing my shoe.

. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the insole used in connection therewith.

Fig.4 is a view in perspective showing the underside of the upper before attaching to the sole.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in section through the screws used in the sole and heel.

Referring to corresponding parts by the same numerals of reference, 1 denotes in generalthe metal base on which the shoe is constructed, the same consisting of the sole portion 2, and the heel portion 3, connected by the arch. portion 5. Thesole portion has formed around the edge thereof the .upstanding flange 6, this flange extending to the arch 5 as far as the point 7 Riveted or otherwise attached to the heel 3 and the rear portion of the arch 5 is the counter 8. The upper 18 of the shoe is formed continuous acrossthe arch portion 19 and has at the heel and sole the extend,-

hag/strips 20 and 21, respectively, which used in constructand a metallic band 11 extending around the heel and between flange l6 and band 10 extending around the sole and under arch Under the arch, portion 19 of the upper is riveted to the arch 5 by large flat headed rivets, the heads 23 being on the outside;

likewise bands 10 and 11 are riveted to their supporting member by rivets. The in solel2 is positioned within the shoe to make the same conform with the sole of the foot to provide the cushion and insulating means therefor. 1

I prefer to provide the portion 3 with the rubber heel 19, this heel being attached to 3 by means of screws of the form shown in Fig. 6 and denoted by 13. These screws have a conical. head with the usual slot 14 and-screw threads 15 at the small end of the head, and the inner end is provided with a square socket 16. This socket is provided in order that when the head 13 wears down along with the heel the square socket is exposed and the stubs of the screws maybe removed from the plate 3 by inserting a key in this socket allowing new heels held by new screws to be placed on the shoe. The sole is provided with hobs formed by the screws 17, this screw having a conical head 17, the screw in this case being formed on the base and provided with a socket 16 by which it is turned into place.

In use it will be readily-understood that this construction gives a flexible construction due to the fact that the arch portion is not provided with an upstanding flange, consequently, is free to flex during thewalking movement.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention it will be understood that minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departing from the pr'inpijples of the invention. l

WVhat I claim as new and wish to cover by Letters Patent is:-

1. A shoe having a metallic bottom comprising a sole portion, a heel portion, a flexible arch connecting said sole and said heel portions, an upstanding flange formed around said sole portion, a counter attached to said heel portion and the arch at a point adjacent said heel portion, and an upper extending under said arch and attached thereto by large flat headed rivets, for attaching said upper to said arch.

- 2. A shoe having a metallic bottom comprising a sole'portion, a heel portion, a flexible arch connecting said sole and said -heel portions, an upstanding flange formed around said sole portion, a counter attached to saidheel' portion. and the arch at a point adjacent said heel portion, me-

tallic strips surrounding said upstanding flange and said counter, and extending under said arch, an upper having -a continuous strip extending under said arch, and large fiat headed rivets for attaching said upper to said arch, downwardly extending flanges around said sole and heel portions of said upper adapted to be held by rivets between said metallic strips and the up- 15 standing flange of said sole portion and the counter of said heel portions. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.-

, LOUIS DOMEYER.

WVitnesses:

LOUIS Finesse,

. JANA Fonens, Jr. 

